ANT100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Neotropical Realm, Old World Monkey, Callitrichidae

• School: UTSG
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANT100Y1
• Professor: Ivan Kalmar

Document Summary

The primate fossil record, with a basic understanding of patterns and processes that evolved in the hominin branch. Primates differ from most mammals by having o o o o. Cathemeral: active any time of day or night. Most primates eat a variety of fruits, insects, flowers, and leaves. A few species specialize by eating mostly or only leaves, which take special gut adaptations to digest, or insects. Generally, larger-bodied species can eat more leaves whereas smaller-bodied species can eat more insects. Unfused mandibular (jawbone) and frontal symphases (forehead bone) Tapetum lucidum (reflective eyes due to extra layer of cells in eyes) o. Lemuroidea (lemurs) o o o o o o. Lorisoidea (lorises and galagos) o o o o o. Arboreal quadrupeds and leapers; some are partially terrestrial. Relatively large eyes, with fused lower leg bones. Use of forelimb almost entirely for manipulation, carrying and throwing; rarely used for locomotion. Reduction of the teeth, jaws and chewing muscles.